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To be perfectly honest, I didn't think we deserved the win although I'm gutted that we threw away a 2 goal lead. Swansea had something like 25 shots whilst I think we had around 8, and as always Swansea dominated in possesion. ALEX MCCARTHY URZ!

I think McCarthy may have earned the starting spot. He looks better each game. With a defense in shambles in front of him only allowing 2 goals is absolutley amazing. When's Pearce coming back into the starting lineup? Ian Harte? Gunter? Sean Cummings has had a disasterous day. Mariappa can't seem to mark someone standing still. Ian Harte is at least as good a defender as Nicky Shorey and at least his free kicks are somewhat useful. Imho the back four played best at Chelsea despite the four goals (a penalty, an offside, a long shot with a keeper error and a goal while Federici was in the opposing box at the end). With our midfielders having to constantly cover for a floundering back line it's no wonder we've struggled getting forward. Kebe and McAnuf hardly had opportunities to get forward I don't mind the lack of possession. We've done that before and played amazing games like the away win at Southhampton last season but today defensively we were lazy with the exception of Pogs who probably made more tackles than anyone else. One of our strengths last season was that we outworked other teams and always kept organized while defending as a team. Where did that go? The 2 goals were a gift in an otherwise horrid performance in which Alex McCarthy was the only one trying not to give the two goals back. I'm hoping this is the worst performance of the season. We are incredibly lucky not to have a 5-0 loss. Brian should be absolutley furious. /rant

You're absolutely right. After we dominated Newcastle, I was expecting something much, much brighter from Reading today. An atrocious defence, a lacklustre midfield and some sluggish forward work basically guaranteed that we should have had nothing from today.

Noel Hunt's volley was the only thing we deserved from the 90 minutes. I hate saying we didn't work hard enough, because we often do, but we really didn't today. It was like the majority of our team was hungover.

Barely heard anything from Karacan, Kebe, Pogrebnyak or McAnuff. I heard more from Tabb, but that was because he had an atrocious day - he was like FGW railways - always fucking late.

An upsetting performance. Because after the hard graft we've applied in recent games, against Newcastle, against West Brom, we spent today scurrying round a pitch like - I hate having to say this - like a Championship Team.

There's one thing we're really lacking, and it's sure as hell a relic of our championship days. We're just not picking up the zones. As a matter of comparison, go and watch QPR's game against Brom yesterday, because they have the same problem. Every time they're in possession, they're playing ball-to-feet. Every time they're caught in defense, they're watching the ball instead of the players. Every time they can't see a way forward, they pass the ball sideways. And it's this which is the difference between Premiership and Championship football.

tl;dr we're not playing zonally. We have fantastic dribblers in McAnuff, Kebe, Karacan, and we have the run of wide-space in our wingers and full-backs but we're not bringing them into the game. Every time Gorkss or McCarthy gets a touch on the ball I'm screaming, because it means the inevitable has happened and we've lost the run of play, run out of ideas, and started playing backwards.

Why did we concede? Because we aren't thinking like premier league footballers. Jay Tabb out, Pogrebnyak on the bench, McCleary to start next next week, please. Y'know that "creative midfielder" we were begging for? We still haven't got him, but if we just had someone who could play the ball into the acres of space we're creating, rather than sideways-and-backwards, we wouldn't be in the fucking mess we're in.

Also, Cummings was brilliant yesterday IMO and has earned his place in the starting XI. Can't wait for Guthrie to come back too.

I thought Cummings was at fault for one of the goals, however he also played well against Newcastle. You're right McCleary needs to start but I don't think McDermott is too comfortable not starting with Jobi. McCleary and Kebe could be a brilliant combo.